Charles-François Natali <neolo...@free.fr> added the comment: >> That's because of the _PyIO_ConvertSsize_t converter, which silently >> converts None to -1. >> There's probably a good reason for doing this in the _io module > > I'm not sure about the original reason, but I find None as the default > "omitted" value prettier than -1 myself, so I think it's a good thing :) >
If being pretty is the only reason for this choice, then I think that documenting the method as method:: read([n]) is simpler and cleaner . But you've got much more experience than me, so I won't argue any further :-) > Can I use _PyIO_ConvertSsize_t? Or should I duplicate its > functionality in mmapmodule.c? I let Antoine answer that. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12021> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
